how do you feel about the xbox live price hike?

i havent been online for a couple of days because Im trying to finish out my college career but today I was on yahoo and I saw that microsoft was rasing all the prices for live, I was like what the F&%#, Microsoft is just money hungry now, I think i will have to buy me a couple of live cards before the price hike. i was just wondering what do yall think about it cuz i thinks its ridiculous but i guess we have no choice but to buy it if we want to play online

doesn't bother me at this point. 50 to 60 is not a big deal. However, I think it should 0 in the first place... We are paying for content already on the disk, and it's not like XBL actually hosts any servers for any games.MethodManFTW

This is what I'm afraid of. Xbox fans have been paying for something that should have been free for so long, that they won't care if MS raises the price by 20%. Microsoft will get away with this price-increase scot-free.

I think i will have to buy me a couple of live cards before the price hike. i was just wondering what do yall think about it cuz i thinks its ridiculous but i guess we have no choice but to buy it if we want to play onlinevrizzle

Oh yea. Buy a ton of Xbox live cards now. That'll show 'em!

aslong as they dont jack up the price of points and especially the price of games then i dont mind-DirtySanchez-

i think that if they jacked up the price for live then they might think about jacking up the price for for microsoft points

I feel dissapointed due to being a loyal subscriber just for online gaming and paying for an increase on features I dont use my xbox for.

I pay my cable subscriber enough for ESPN..I dont need it on my console

I can't see them increasing the cost of Microsoft points... they would never sell a non-exclusive XBL title again to dual console owners. MethodManFTW

you'd think so, but dual console owners still pay for Live, and from almost everywhere on the internet I've looked, NO ONE is upset with microsoft over this price hike. They just bend over and let MS walk all over them.

If they know they can get away with increasing the price of MS points, they sure as hell will raise the price.

[QUOTE="MethodManFTW"]I can't see them increasing the cost of Microsoft points... they would never sell a non-exclusive XBL title again to dual console owners. runekey

you'd think so, but dual console owners still pay for Live, and from almost everywhere on the internet I've looked, NO ONE is upset with microsoft over this price hike. They just bend over and let MS walk all over them.

If they know they can get away with increasing the price of MS points, they sure as hell will raise the price.

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[QUOTE="MethodManFTW"]I can't see them increasing the cost of Microsoft points... they would never sell a non-exclusive XBL title again to dual console owners. MethodManFTW

you'd think so, but dual console owners still pay for Live, and from almost everywhere on the internet I've looked, NO ONE is upset with microsoft over this price hike. They just bend over and let MS walk all over them.

If they know they can get away with increasing the price of MS points, they sure as hell will raise the price.

This is true. But the important thing here is that Xbox-only owners wouldn't jump ship and go to PS3 even after this price increase, then they certainly won't for $5 more on an Xbox game.

And that's how Microsoft works. Instead of slapping you in the face with a huge price that pays for itself over time (PS3) they nickle and dime you so people say "Oh, only $100 for a network adapter? That's not so bad." or "Oh only $80 to get my Xbox fixed? That's not so bad" or "Oh, only $10 more a year for live? That's not so bad". At the end you realize you spent way more for nothing.

And I do not own an Xbox 360, myself. I just have a silver account for when I play split-screen at a friend's house (for achievements and what-not)

i just hope that we are getting something for the extr 10 dollars and that it's just not a money hungry thing by MS

i just hope that we are getting something for the extr 10 dollars and that it's just not a money hungry thing by MS

HaDoKeN_NaTe

Some people think they're raising it because of ESPN

i just hope that we are getting something for the extr 10 dollars and that it's just not a money hungry thing by MS

HaDoKeN_NaTe

What are we getting now for $50? Netflix is on wii, PS3, and some T.V.s and DVD players for free. Facebook? I can go on my computer and do that for free, along with twitter. They don't host the games, it is peer to peer. What the hell am I paying for? Hell at least give us a damn web browser like the Wii and PS3. Thats all facebook, twitter and last fm are. They are websites that anyone with a webbrowser can access.

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i just hope that we are getting something for the extr 10 dollars and that it's just not a money hungry thing by MS

runekey

Some people think they're raising it because of ESPN

Anyone with Cable and Sattelite are already paying out the nose for ESPN. Disney owns them and ABC, and if you watch the news a bit, you will see they are alway fighting with the providers trying to raise the price for their services. I know they are in a dispute with Dish network right now, and also Time Warner cable. How much more do we need to pay for ESPN?

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i just hope that we are getting something for the extr 10 dollars and that it's just not a money hungry thing by MS

RapidTurtle

Some people think they're raising it because of ESPN

Anyone with Cable and Sattelite are already paying out the nose for ESPN. Disney owns them and ABC, and if you watch the news a bit, you will see they are alway fighting with the providers trying to raise the price for their services. I know they are in a dispute with Dish network right now, and also Time Warner cable. How much more do we need to pay for ESPN?

According to Microsoft, $10 a year. I mean, they already got rid of 1 vs 100, Xbox 1 servers have shut down, and who knows when Xbox will get Hulu.

Like you said, what the hell are you paying for?

News to me, link please? I pay every three months with a card in the us. Does it affect me?kipohippo021

http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/08/30/price-change-for-xbox-live-gold-subscription.aspx#comments

Personally I think this stinks. Yes, people are right when they say that Microsoft are a corporation and they're not forcing you to pay, etc etc, but it is the principle. The 'features' that the users are paying for are not features requested by or even used by the majority of 360 owners. Facebook, Twitter, these are things we're going to use our laptops and PCs for. We pay for Live so we can play online and that's all the majority want to pay for. So I really do think they should introduce a tier system. Silver is still free, Gold would be say $40 for online play and chat etc, and $60 would get you a premium sort of deal with everything, online play, Netflix, movies etc

I don't see why people are making such a big deal out of this, its like a less than a dollar extra a month, big deal.

[QUOTE="kipohippo021"]News to me, link please? I pay every three months with a card in the us. Does it affect me?skooks

http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/08/30/price-change-for-xbox-live-gold-subscription.aspx#comments

Personally I think this stinks. Yes, people are right when they say that Microsoft are a corporation and they're not forcing you to pay, etc etc, but it is the principle. The 'features' that the users are paying for are not features requested by or even used by the majority of 360 owners. Facebook, Twitter, these are things we're going to use our laptops and PCs for. We pay for Live so we can play online and that's all the majority want to pay for. So I really do think they should introduce a tier system. Silver is still free, Gold would be say $40 for online play and chat etc, and $60 would get you a premium sort of deal with everything, online play, Netflix, movies etc

This is actually a pretty good idea and is definately what I'd prefer. I really don't see why someone needs to check their facebook on 360. It takes much longer than a PC would and has less features.

It hurts because I just feel kind of ripped off by Microsoft almost all the time I give them money.

I don't see why people are making such a big deal out of this, its like a less than a dollar extra a month, big deal.

ColdP1zza

As for Microsoft, that extra $1 a month for us is an extra $20 million a month for them...

In Canada here, so thats the norm.. Always has been. Even for games, 60 bucks.

In Canada here, so thats the norm.. Always has been. Even for games, 60 bucks.

navigata

Games are $60 in the US.

Monthly rates in Canada are going up for XBL.

And almost everything in Canada has an inflated price compared to the US.

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In Canada here, so thats the norm.. Always has been. Even for games, 60 bucks.

IzzieWaru

Games are $60 in the US.

Monthly rates in Canada are going up for XBL.

And almost everything in Canada has an inflated price compared to the US.

Where I live in Canada games are all $70.

I'm disappointed, but I'm okay with the price hike. With additional content and inflation it is only fair. I don't mind it, but sometimes I get jealous that Sony doesn't charge and Microsoft does, even though PS3 doesn't have near the quality of online games like 360. Still they got blu ray so Microsoft should throw us a bone once in a while lol.

i was going to buy xbox until i heared this,its really annoying

i think the current price was fine

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[QUOTE="navigata"]

In Canada here, so thats the norm.. Always has been. Even for games, 60 bucks.

ColdP1zza

Games are $60 in the US.

Monthly rates in Canada are going up for XBL.

And almost everything in Canada has an inflated price compared to the US.

Where I live in Canada games are all $70.

Well yea, 69.99.. Thats what I meant. Whoops